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Table 1 Genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease

From: Current understanding of the molecular mechanisms in Parkinson's disease: Targets for potential treatments

Gene

PARK loci

Chromosome

Form of PD

Mutations and their origin

Refs.

SNCA

PARK 1

4q21

Autosomal dominant

A30P (Germany), E46K (Spain), A53T (Greece, Italia, Sweden, Australia, Korea), A18T (Poland), A29S (Poland), E46K (Spain) H50Q (UK), G51D (France)

[197, 234,235,236,237,238]

Parkin

PARK 2

6q25.2–q27

Autosomal recessive, juvenile

Various mutations, exonic deletions, dupli/triplications (Japan)

[239, 240]

Unknown

PARK 3

2p13

Autosomal dominant

Europe

[241]

SNCA

PARK 4

4q21

Autosomal dominant

Duplication and triplication USA

[242]

UCHL1

PARK 5

4p14

Autosomal dominant, idiopathic

I93M and S18Y (Germany)

[192, 234, 243]

PINK1

PARK 6

1p35–p36

Autosomal recessive

G309D, exonic deletions (Italy)

[244]

DJ-1

PARK 7

1p36

Autosomal recessive, early onset

Homozygous exon, deletion

L166P (Europe)

[245,246,247,248]

LRRK2

PARK 8

12q12

Autosomal dominant, idiopathic

R1441C ⁄ G ⁄ H, Y1699C

G2019S, I2020T, G2385R (Japan)

[249,250,251]

ATP13A2

PARK 9

1p36

Kufor–Rakeb syndrome, early onset

Loss-of-function mutations (Jordan, Italy, Brazil)

[252,253,254]

Unknown

PARK 10

1p32

Idiopathic

(Iceland)

[255]

Unknown

PARK 11

2q36–q37

Autosomal dominant, idiopathic

(USA)

[256]

Unknown

PARK 12

X

Familial

(USA)

[257]

HTRA2

PARK 13

2p13

Idiopathic

A141S, G399S (Germany)

[258, 259]

MAPT

MAPT

17q21.31

Familial

79 of Ser/Thr of tau (tauopathies) (Asian, USA)

[238, 260]

Glucocerebrosidase-1

GBA-1

1q21

Recessive

Lysosomal storage disorders (USA)

[238, 92, 261]

Other genes

TMEM, IF4G1E, GRIN2A, GSTP1, TNF-alfa, COX-2, SLC6A3, ADH1C rs356219, SREBF1 and SREBF2, COMT HLA-DRB5, BST1, GAK, ACMSD, STK39, MCCC1, SYT1, CCDC62/HIP1R [262]